Where does “asimptotă” come from?

asimptotă (Romanian) comes from French asymptote, from Ancient Greek ἀσύμπτωτος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

asimptotă (Romanian): asymptote

Definitions

  1. asymptote

Ancestry of “asimptotă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchasymptoteasymptote
2Ancient Greekἀσύμπτωτοςnot falling together
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- →